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This Slaughterhouse Will Let You Watch What Actually Happens Inside

Joseph Erbentraut

August 25, 2016 |

The Huffington Post |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, North Springfield, Vermont

As skepticism increases around the health of consuming meat products due to inhumane ways the animals are being reared and raised, this Vermont packinghouse is embracing transparency by letting the public see all. From tours of the facility to learning how the animal was raised and later killed, this slaughterhouse is trying to change the narrative around the secrecy behind the meat on your table.

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Farmers, Chefs, and Lawyers: Building an Ecology of One

Patrick M. Lydon

August 21, 2016 |

The Nature of Cities |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Hongcheon

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization provides some pretty grim predictions for the future of global food stability if modern, monoculture farming practices continue to degrade land, spread pesticides, and destroy natural habitats at their current rate. A revival in the "ecology of one" mindset is bringing many farmers, like Ryoseok Hong in South Korea, back to more natural, traditional methods of agriculture which place greater value on community relationships and farm-to-table transparency, as well as biodiversity and preservation of the greater ecosystem.

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How three U.S. mini-farms are sowing the seeds of global food security

Bob Cooper

August 17, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Three biointensive mini-farms in the US are teaching small-scale farmers from throughout the world how to grow more food through sustainable practices that focus on using less water and land. After bringing these farmers onto the US farms to learn the methods through a hands-on approach, the farmers then return to their home countries to implement and encourage the biointensive practices.

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We've figured out how to solve human-elephant conflict. It takes bees. Lots of bees.

James Gaines

August 09, 2016 |

Upworthy |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Sagalla

Elephants in Africa often eat a farmer’s entire crop, physical barriers don’t work, and fighting the elephants has left both people and elephants dead. After learning from Africans that Elephants don’t like bees, a researcher devised a hanging bee-hive/fence that effectively scares the elephants. The Elephants and Bees Project is helping farmers in Africa and Asia implement this solution.

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How 5 local farms are banding together to help an Iraqi refugee in Tompkins County

Melissa Whitworth

July 10, 2016 |

The Ithaca Voice |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

Groundswell's Farm Business Incubator Program, along with the help of five other local Ithaca farms, is working to help refugees start their own small farming businesses as they settle into their new lives in the United States. A new farmer can apply to Groundswell for farmer or business training classes, or to lease land at the organization’s incubator farm. The program has mentored and developed sustainable farms with six farmers.

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NASA and USAID pioneer the use of space technologies for development efforts

Catherine Cheney

July 01, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Panama

SERVIR, a joint development initiative of the United States Agency for International Development and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, leverages data from space to improve environmental decision-making in 30 developing countries.

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Why Summer Vacation Can Mean Empty Plates for 4,000 Seattle-Area Kids

Nancy Schatz Alton

June 29, 2016 |

ParentMap |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Food insecure children in Seattle amount to the hundreds of thousands in number. Local nonprofit, Food Lifeline’s Kids Café, has become an accessible option for poor children to receive free nutritious meals and snacks. The operation has expanded to 18 different branches across Seattle in locations where children go for enrichment and is currently looking into establishing locations in rural areas.

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United We Fish!

Lina Zeldovich

June 28, 2016 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Local fisheries have been struggling to keep up with major manufacturers. Sustainable fishing practices have been countering that by creating Niche markets.

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Can Fruit Save Our Food Waste Problem?

Patric Kuh

June 15, 2016 |

Los Angeles Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles-based nonprofit Food Forward was born out of the observation that many farmers are growing more fruit than they can sell at market. To cut down on food waste and get these viable fruits into the hands of people that are food insecure, Food Forward operates as the "transfer point between donors and receiving agencies," while also coordinating volunteers to forage the local farms and farmers markets.

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Farming in the Desert

Deborah Fallows

June 01, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

Ajo, Arizona is home to a growing collective, collaboration of local agriculture and food-based initiatives. The small town coordinates actors from schools, restaurants, the farmers’ market, local gardens, and community supported agriculture initiatives in a network under the Ajo Regional Food Partnership. The network also works with the Desert Senita Community Health Center, making sure the benefits of the collaboration equitably reach all citizens.

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